Where does “courser” come from?
Courser comes from Anglo-Norman cursier, a word of uncertain ultimate origin and meaning.
courser (English): A dog used for coursing; A person who practises...
Definitions
- A dog used for coursing; A person who practises...
Ancestry of “courser”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | courser | A charger large horse for battle |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | cursier | — |
| 3 | French | coursier | steed; courier, messenger |
| 4 | French | -ier | used to form the names of trees bearing a... |
| 5 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |